Peter II of Cyprus

Peter II of Cyprus (1354-13 October 1382) was King of Cyprus from 17 January 1369 to 13 October 1382, succeeding Peter I of Cyprus and preceding James I of Cyprus.

Biography
Peter was the son of King Peter I of Cyprus and Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Cyprus. He was a member of the French Catholic House of Lusignan, and he married Lord of Milan Bernabo Visconti's daughter Valentina Visconti to form an alliance with the Milanese. In January 1369, his father was murdered by rebellious nobles, and the young Peter II was controlled by his mother. The Kingdom of Cyprus lost its lands in Asia Minor under King Peter, and his mother invited the Republic of Genoa to invade Cyprus to avenge her husband's death. In 1373, the Genoese arrived and massacred Peter I's killers, but they occupied the island, with the Doge's brother Peter di Campofregoso leading the occupation. Peter left it to his uncles John and the future James I of Cyprus to fight off the Genoese, and Peter was angry at his mother for inviting the Genoese in the first place, as well as for having his uncle John executed. He had her banished to Spain in 1378, and Peter died in 1382.